The administration of the Central Tapanuli District, North Sumatra Province, is planning to host "Sail Mansalaar" in 2015 as part of Sail Indonesia′s international maritime event, Indonesia′s Antara news agency reported.

In remarks made here on Wednesday, spokesman of the Central Tapanuli district administration, Iwan Sinaga, said that ′Sail Mansalaar′ is expected to boost the province′s tourism.

He added that North Sumatra has many tourist spots including the beautiful Mursala Island, located in Central Tapanuli.

The island′s waterfall -- the only one to be located in the middle of the sea -- will become the icon of Sail Mansalaar 2015, he stated.

According to Antara, some 12,000 to 14,000 tourists visited Central Tapanuli every month.

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